Portable register



March 2, 1937. J H N i L 2,072,135

PORTABLE REGISTER Filed Sept. 11, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheefl March 2, 1937. J,SHERMAN h L 2,072,135

PORTABLE 'REGI STER Filed Sept. l] 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet' 2 March 2, 1937.Q SHERMAN Er AL 2,072,135

PORTABLE REGI STER Filed Sept. 11, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet I5 Fatented Mar.2, 1937 stars T F E! Q i...

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IPQR'EABILE RIEGKS'ILER Application September 11, 1933, Serial No.688,935

34 Claims.

This invention relates to autographic registers for manifoldingpurposes, and more particularly to a portable register of relative smallsize and light weight which may be conveniently carried from place toplace in lieu of an ordinary clip board.

In checking shipments and taking inventory of bulky articles such asmachinery, lumber, vehicles of grain, and for car checking and the like,

it is customary for the accountant to carry from place to place recordsheets slipped to a board supported upon his arm, upon whichrecord'entries are made.

In the present invention there are employed l5 continuous seriesconnected forms or record sheets with manifolding duplicates, the supplyportions of which are enclosed in a comparatively thin housing or caseof light weight material, preferably aluminum, from which successive,portions of the record material are withdrawn as required, and the topof which forms a suitable writing surface. For preparation of shippingor identification tags to be applied to shipments, machinery, orarticles in storage, and particularly for making, work sheet records andtags when the register is used in vehicle drive-in places, for which itis especially desirable, means is provided for inserting in writingposition beneath the manifolding material a separate sheet 30 or tagupon which will be reproduced the manifolded inscription. The device isadaptable for feeding record forms or portions of different lengths andhas provision for temporary storage of detached sheets or for a supplyof blank tags.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction as well asthe means andmode of operation of portable manifolding registers,whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction, but will bemore efficient in use, uniform in operation, of compact construction andlight weight, and unlikely to get out of order.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sniall portablemanifold register that will accommodate various lengths of forms. Thishas been accomplished by providing a group of interchangeable pin wheelfeeding mechanisms of various sizes so that one revolution of a selectedpin wheel feeding device will advance a suitable form the desireddistance.

Another object of this invention is to provide a portable pin wheel feedmanifold register that will accommodate various sizes of one revolutionpin wheel devices for feeding different lengths of 65 forms. This hasbeen accomplished by providing a plurality of seats to accommodate theseveral sizes of pin wheel feeding devices in such a position that thepins of each feeding device when in position will extend the samedistance beyond the writing material. 5 A further object of theinvention is to provide improved means for mounting a. plurality ofsheets of transfer material between superposed strips, in such relationthat the transfer sheets extend longitudinally of the strips, and enable10 the utilization of the full lengths of printed forms thereon, and toprotect overlying strips from reverse impressions on the under sides dueto overfolding of the end of the transfer sheets.

A further object of the invention is to provide 15 a manifoldingregister which may be easily and conveniently carried from place toplace and adapted to contain an ample supply of continuous seriesconnected record material or forms.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved feeding meansfor progressively advancing the successive record portions from theinterior of the housing or register box to writing position on topthereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for inserting atwill beneath the manifolding material an additional sheet or tag toreceive a duplicate inscription.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for carrying aquantity of detached sheets or a supply of blank tags.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view, as willmore fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of thefeatures of construction, the parts and combinations thereof, and themode of operation, or their, equivalents, as hereinafter described andset forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred,but obviously not necessarily the onlyform of embodiment of theinvention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the assembled autographic ormanifolding register, forming the subject matter hereof. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view withthe top or cover portion of the register raised and disclosing therelation of the record sheets and carbon or transfer material. Figs. 4and 5 are detail views, illustrating the mounting of the pin wheel feeddevice and its control means. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of thetag receiving guide removed from the register. Fig. '7 is a perspectiveview of an identification tag and an overlying reco d 55 Fig. 8 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 9 dls= closes a modification of a stopfor the pin wheel. feeding mechanism. Fig. 10 is a perspective view ofthe register embodying a modificationthereof. Fig. 11 is a perspectiveview, partly broken away, of the modified register in open conditionwith the transfer material mounting'device discon nected therefrom. Fig.12 is a detail view illustrating the relation of the transfer sheets andmounting means. Fig. 13v is a detail view illustrating the detachment ofthe transfer material. Fig. 14 is the detail view of a form or slipafter detachment.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe several views.

The present invention affords a simple, light weight, compact containerfor record material which may be conveniently carried from place toplace and from which the record material is directed over the topthereof which afiords a suitable writing cabinet on which the materialmay be inscribed. The record material comprises continuous superposedstrips of material marginally punched at spaced intervals for engagementof pin type feeding devices, such strips consisting of successions ofrecord sheets or of printed forms connected end to end and collectivelyinterfolde'd in zigzag formation into a packet.

The record material is advanced by manually operable pin wheel feedingdevices located in a substantially cylindrical compartment at theforward end of the record material compartment, which engage themarginally punched feeding holes of the record material and which arelimited to one complete revolution at each opera tion." Guides areprovided on the writing cabinet between the lines of feeding engagementof the pin wheels and record material within which an additional recordsheet or card may be slidingly inserted to receive a manifoldinscription.

Referring to the drawings, the present register housing comprises a flatrectangular box like compartment i open at its rearward end forreception of a packet of folded manifolding material and having at itsforward end a substantially cylindrical compartment 3 in which arerevolubly mounted pin wheel feeding devices l intersecting the top ofthe compartment 3 and having engagement in the marginal feeding holes 5of the superposed strips of record material. The peripheries of the pinwheels i are equal to the length of the record sheets or forms to be.fed at each operation. The cylindrical compartment 3 is of sufficientdiameter to accommodate the largest pin wheel to be employed for thelongest form or sheet accommodated by the compartment l and hence thediameter of the pin wheel compartment is commensurate to the length ofthe compartment I. To minimize weight and bulk, the box like compartment:1 is comparatively shallow and of less depth than the diameter of thepin wheels and the enclosing compartment 3, which depends below thebottom of the record material compartment i'.

The terminal heads of the pin wheel compartment 3 are provided withvertically elongated holes 8 across which are bridge bearing plates 1 inwhich are journaled the ends of the pin wheel shaft 8. The bearingplates 11 are adjustably secured to the heads of the pin wheelcompartment 3 by attachment screws 9. These screws'are engageablealternately in different spaced holes I0 in the end walls or heads ofthe pin wheel compartment. The bearing plates l aovaiss are locatedinterior ly of the terminal walls of the compartment 3 in which arelocated the yer-=- tically spaced holes id. The bearing plates l areprovided with screw threaded holes regis trable with any pair of holesiii of the compart= ment heads to receive the attachment screws Byshifting the bearing plates '3 upwardly or downwardly and engaging theattachment screws 9 through the corresponding holes it, pin wheels ofdifferent diameter may be accommodated. By such adjustment of thebearing plates l, the peripheries of the pin wheels l, whether of largeor small diameter, may be made to intersect the top wall of thecompartment to like extent for feeding engagement with the punchedrecord material.

Secured to the extremity of the pin wheel shaft 8, beyond the terminalhead of the compartment 3-, is a hand wheel l l which is preferably,though not necessarily, of polygonal form and may be provided with aneccentrically located crank handle it by which the pin wheels may berotated. Located behind the hand wheel M and secured to the terminalhead of the compartment 3 preferably by the attachment screws 9, is adepressible spring arm it which extends into the path of a stud or pinl4 projecting from the rear side of the hand wheel l i. This stud or pinM is preferably a continuation of the crank handle [12. The spring armit forms a stop for limiting the rotation of the hand wheel M andthereby the pin wheels i to one complete revolution. This stop arm ismanually depressible out of the path of the stud or pin id to releasethe hand wheel M and pin wheels l for a further rotation. To preventreverse rotation of the feeding pin wheels d, a gravity pawl i5 isprovided, the nose of which is beveled on one side and substantiallyvertical on its opposite side, and is engageable in a notch or recessill in the pinwheel shaft 8. The detent pawl this extended downwardly atB8 to afiord a counterbalancing or weight portion which tends to movethe arresting nose it of the pawl into locking engagement within thenotch or recess ll when such notch or recess is brought into registrytherewith. Upon rotation of the pin wheel shaft 8 in a forward orfeeding direction, the engagement of the side of the recesslor notch l'!with the beveled side of the detent nose it serves to cam the detent outof locking engagement and permits rotary motion of the shaft. However,upon reverse motion, the opposite wall of the recess or notch ll,engaging against the vertical or fiat face ofthe detent nose it,prevents such reverse rotation of the shaft 8 which is thereby resistedby the detent.

The superposed record strips packet 2 within the compartment l arepassed about a guide rod or roller 2B adjacent the rear and open end ofthe compartment l, and are passed through a transverse slot 28 in. thetop of the compartment and thence forwardly over the top wall of thecompartment l which forms a writing tablet, into operativefeeding'engagement with the pin wheels 4 which protrude slightly abovethe level of the writingcabinet through suitable located slots in thetop wall of the compartment 3. Thus at each rotation of the pin wheelst, the superposed strips of record material engaged therewith arecorrespondingly advanced over the writing tablet or top of thecompartment l, the extent of such advance movement being determined bytheperipheral extent of the pin wheels d which, as before mentioned, arelimited to one complete rotation at each operation. The" drawn from therecord sheets or printed forms to be advanced are of a commensuratelength so that at each rotation of the pin wheels, one complete recordsheet or printed form is advanced beyond the device and another recordsheet or printed form is withdrawn from the interior of the compartmenti into writing position preparatory to making the next record.

Pivotally mounted, preferably though not necessarily, to the end wallsof the pin wheel compartment 3, is a frame like swinging cover portion23 which overlies the punched margins of the record material and definesthe writing space. The rear or free end of such open frame like cover 23is downturned at 24 to form a closure for the open end 25 of the recordmaterial compartment 8.

Located on the writing tablet or top wall'of the compartment 8 inwardlybeyond the line of feeding engagement of the pin wheels and recordmaterial are parallel guides 26 which underlie the strips of recordmaterial withdrawn from the compartment l. At the forward end of theframe or housing overlying the compartment 3 is a slotted guidingportion 21 leading to the overhanging ledges or guides 26. A card ortag, as indicated at 28, may be slidingly inserted through theguide-portion 27 beneath the guide flanges 26 and hence beneath thesuperposed strips of record material, into position to receive amanifold inscription thereon. Such card or tag 28 is not subject toadvancement by the pin wheels ii and is manually inserted and removed.The guides or overhanging ledges 26 are closed at their rearward endsas' indicated at 29 to afford stops limit ing the extent to which thecard or tag may be inserted.

Located at one side of the compartment 0 is a compartment 3G for carbonor transfer material, having extending therethrough a shaft 3! uponwhich a roll 32 of carbon or transfer material is mounted. The strips ofcarbon material, of which there may be several interwound one within theother into the roll 32, are extended transversely of the writing tabletand interleaved between the superposed strips of record material, as isshown in Fig.3, and between the lowermost strip of record materialand'the underlying card or tag 28. By this means such data or record asmay be inscribed upon the uppermost or original record strip, isduplicated upon each of the underlying strips and also upon the insertedcard or tag 28. Asv each record sheet or form is inscribed, the pinwheels d are manually actuated to advance such inscribed portion beyondthe device and to draw a new uninscribed portion into writing position.At the same time the inscribed card or tag is slidingly Withdrawn and anew card or tag is inserted. To prevent the edges of the transverselydisposed transfer sheets being mutilated or overturned by the frictionof the traveling record strips, and to prevent the perforations of thelatter being torn by contact with the edges of the transfer material,stationary shields or guide sheets 33, preferably of fabric, but whichmay be paper, extend into slightly overlapping relation with thetransfer material as is shown in Fig. 3. These shields 33 are attachedto transverse strips 33 attached to the writing tablet beyond themargins of the record strips. The underlying duplicate record stripspass between the mounting strips 33 and shields 33 whereby a pair ofshields are provided beneath each strip with their terminal marginsoverlapping and underlapping the corresponding transverse strip oftransfer material between such record strip and the transfer material.The lap ,is merely sumcient to protect the edge of the transfermaterial. To conveniently carry detached written forms or a supply ofcards 28 there is provided beneath the compartment l a pocket 34 openinglaterally and having an upturned lip 35 ofiset slightly beyond the sideof the compartment l. The upturned lip 35 serves to retain the cards ortags within the pocket 34 from which they are removable by slightlybending the card or tag upwardly to clear the top of the lid 35. Thus asupply of cards or tags may be conveniently carried in readilyaccessible position. If cards or tags 28 are not required the pocket 34may be utilized for storage of used or inscribed record sheets orprinted forms after they have been detached from the supply strips.

While the guide flanges 26 for the additional sheet or tag may befixedly attached to the writing tablet or top of the compartment l,these guides 26 are preferably mounted on a separate plate 36, theforward extremity of which forms oneside of the guiding portion 271 bywhich the tag or sheet is directed into the guides 25. The guides andsupporting plate 36 thus form a detachable unit to be applied andremoved as necessity requires. Such unit is located upon the housing bymeans of short studs 37 projecting from the top of the housing l whichengage in corresponding holes in the plate 36. required the unit isremoved entirely, or it may be replaced by a different unit of greateror less length to accommodate other sizes of cards or tags.

In the modification disclosed in Fig. 9, the hand wheel 5 l is held in afixed position by the stud or pin M projecting into a recess or cutawayportion 52 in the split spring 5 carried by the screwsQ.

The spring 5&1 is provided with a slot 55 extending from the outer loweredge to the hole 52 and a second slot 38 extending from the hole 52towards the adjacent screw 9. When the pin M engages the recessedportion dd, shown in Fig. 4, the lower and smaller portion M of thespring 5% yields to permitthe pin M to enter the hole 52 wherebymovement of the pin i l and the wheel H is arrested. By pressing thebutton 62 from the full line position, disclosed in Fig. 9, to thedotdash position, the wheel H is permitted to make another rotation, butcannot be retracted as the lower portion 60 is not affected by themovement of the upper portion 43. Thus by this structure the splitspring fi l, as already described, eliminates the use of the gravitypawl 55;.

While transversely disposed transfer'strips as heretofore illustratedand described, and which may be of any necessary or desired width arequite satisfactory, it is found desirable for certain conditions of useto employ transfer sheets disposed longitudinally of the record strips.Such embodiment is illustrated in Figs. 10, 11 and 12 wherein id is amounting frame having a succession of parallel spaced slats to eachofwhich is to be connected a sheet of transfer material and between whichslats with their connected transfer sheets the superposed record stripsare threaded, as shown in'Fig. 12. The mounting frame M is attached tothe writing tablet by the screws or studs 65. The transfer sheets H arenot attached directly to the slats of the mounting frame, but arecarried. by transfer strips 50 which are secured only at their ends. Thetransfer sheets ll are preferably folded about the When not transverserimming strips 5b, as clearly seen in Fig. 12. The extremities of thetransverse mounting strips 5t) are suitably attached as by rivets tofabric or paper shields id adapted to be folded about the respectiveslats of the mounting frame. Tensioning spring channels 59 are pressedover the fold of the shield or carrier id about the slat so as to gripthe carrier or shield id and slat by inherent tension. The shields orcarriers 38 are of sufiiclent length that the opposite ends of thecarriers when folded about the slats of the mounting frame will extendinto overlapping relation with the reversely folded portions, of thetransfer sheets ll. Thus the overlapping portions serve as shields'toprotect the overlying record strip from receiving a reverse impressionfrom the overturned portion of the transfer sheet which is disposed faceupward, and to hold the fold down in place and keep it from pulling out.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 10 the lid 23has a writing opening of reduced size, coincident with the fartheradvanced of two sets of forms on the writing tablet and the lid thuscovers the mounting frame and the carriers of transfer sheets attachedthereto, as is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 10. The transfcr'sheets orextend the full length of the forms to be inscribed, with theirextremities substantially coincident with the extremities of the writingtablet. The sheets are renewed from time to time by raising. the recordstrips and sub stituting new transfer sheets for those engaged with thetransverse mounting strips of the carriers. 7

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thusprovided a device of the character described possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but whichobviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions,detail construction and ar-= pended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim: 1. In a pin feeding typemaniiolding register, a tablet, a pin wheel feeding device for supplyingmanifold material thereto, and a removable guide mounted intermediatethe tablet and the mani fold material, and arranged to receive recordmaterial advanced therein to the writing position in a directionopposite 'to the direction of advancement of the manifolding materialrelative to the tablet by the pin feeding device.

2. In a pin feeding type maniiolding register,

' a tablet, a pin wheel feeding device for supplying manifold materialthereto, and a removably mounted guide supported intermediate the tabletand the manifolding material, said guide being arranged to presentrecord material into the vwriting position intermediate the pins of saidpin wheel feeding mechanism.

3. In a pin feeding type manifolding register, a. tablet, a pin wheelfeeding device for supplying aoraiss manifold material thereto, anauxiliary device removably mounted intermediate the tablet and themanifold material, said auxiliary device being arranged to present inwriting position record material advanced thereto in a directionopposite to the advancement of the manifolding material by the pinfeeding device.

a. In a manifolding register for use with a packet of manifold material,a supply compartmerit therefor, a tablet, a pin wheel feeding device foradvancing manifold material from the supply compartment over the tablet,a guide supported intermediate the tablet and the overlylug manifoldingmaterial, said guide extending longitudinally in the direction of theadvancing manifold material and being arranged to receive additionalrecord material advanced to the writing position intermediate the pinsof said pin wheel feeding mechanism. I i

5. In a pin wheel feeding type manifolding register, a magazine, awriting tablet, a pin wheel feeding device, a pin wheel supportingdevice adjustably mounted and arranged to accommodate interchangeablyvarious sizes of pin feeding de-- vices, with the pins thereofprojecting to like extent beyond the surface of the tablet to engage therecord material. g

6. In a pin wheel feeding type manifolding register having a onerevolution pin wheel actuating member, a locking mechanism forpreventing the rotation of the pin wheel feed device, 7

said mechanism including a resilient member having one end thereoffixed, said resilient member including a pair of bifurcated arms, one of'which operates in response to the movement of the pin wheel feedingmechanism for preventing return movement thereof, when the pin wheelactuating member is advanced to home position, the other arm of whichlimits the advance move ment of the pin wheel feeding device when inhome position and is manually releasable to permit the rotation of saidpin wheel feeding mechanism through one revolution.

"i. in a register device of thecharacter de= scribed, the combinationwith a rotary paper feeding mechanism of a nonrepeat device thereforincluding a bifurcated. spring arm, a stud carried'by the rotary paperfeeding mechanism into the path of which both furcations of the springarms project, a cam surface on one portion or the arm engaged by thestud to press such arm portion out of its path when moving in onedirection, said arm portion preventing return motion, the second portionof the arm forming a manually depressible stop tor the stud normallypreventing continued motion,

d; In a manifolding register, a writing tablet,

strip feeding means for advancing superposed record strips over. thewriting tablet, a stationary transfermaterial I support associated withthe writing tablet, including a stationary bar extending transversely ofthe path of travel of the strips and therebetween, a sheet of flexiblematerial folded about the bar to afford overlying loose ends, andmounting meanslbetween the loose ends of the. sheet of" flexiblematerial for attachmentof a sheet of transfer material to extendtherebeyond in the direction of travel of the strips.

9. In. a portable manifolding register, a flat relatively shallowmagazine compartment for a supply of record material the top of whichforms a writing tablet, and having an exit opening at;

one end thereof, a transversely disposed compartment having a depthgreater than the depth of the magazine compartment extending across theend of/ the latter opposite that containing the exit opening, feedingdevices located in the transverse compartment andengageable with recordmaterial extending from the exit opening over the tablet toprogressively advance such material and means for actuating the feedingdevices.

10. In a portable register, a relatively fiat shallow magazine for asupply of folded superposed strips of record material, from one end ofwhich and engageable with the record material withdrawn from themagazine, locating means for additional record material on top of themagazine and overlaid by the record material supplied from the magazine,said locating means being accessible intermediate the pin wheel unitsfor insertion of record material in a direction reversely to thedirection of feeding action of the pin wheel units and independentlythereof, and stationary supporting means for transfer materialinterposed between superposed portions of record material from whichsheets of transfer material extend in the direction of travel movementof the strips of record material.

11. In a pin wheel feed type manifolding register, a writing tablet, anadjustable pin wheel feeding device support arranged to accommodate anyone of a plurality of pin wheel feeding devices of different sizes, saidsupport being adjustably mounted with respect to the writing tablet, apin wheel feeding device carried thereby, the pins of the pin wheelfeeding device extending beyond the surface of the tablet to engage therecord material.

12. In a pin wheel feed type manifolding register, a writing tablet, apin wheel feeding device support adjustable into a plurality ofpositions to interchangeably accommodate various sizes of pin wheelfeeding devices with the pins thereof projecting to like extent intoengaging relation with record material positioned over said tablet.

13. In a pin feeding type manifolding register, a magazine for holding asupply of manifold material, a tablet, a pin wheel feeding device forsupplying manifold material thereto from the magazine, and a removablymounted guide supported intermediate the tablet and the manifoldingmaterial, said guide being arranged to receive record material advancedto the writing position intermediate said pin wheel feeding mechanism.

14. In a pin wheel feeding type manifolding register having a pocket forreceiving written material, a writing tablet, a pin wheel feedingdevice, a pin wheel compartment arranged to interchangeably accommodatevarious sizes of pin wheel feeding devices, and an adjustably mountedsupport associated with the compartment for supporting the pin wheelfeeding device, the pins of which extend beyond the surface of thetablet to engage the record material.

15. In a writing machine, a support for transfer material, said supportincluding a bar having a strip of transfer material folded thereon, ashield overlying the fold of the transfer material for protecting therecord material, and a U- shaped clamp for clamping the shield in fixedposition.

16. In a pin wheel feeding type manifold register having aone-revolution pin wheel actuating member, a locking mechanism includinga bifurcated member having one arm-operating in response to the movementof the pin wheel feeding mechanism for preventing return movementthereof when thepin wheel actuating member is advanced to home position,the other arm of which limits the advance movement of the pin wheelfeeding device when in home position and manually releasable to permitthe rotation of said pin wheel feeding mechanism.

17. In a manifold register having a pin type feeding device, includingcontrol mechanism moving through a predetermined distance for causingthe pin feeding device to eject the written form and present anew formto the writing position, and locking means including a bifurcated memberhaving one end fixed and the bifurcated end free, of which one armprevents advancement of said control mechanism excepting when released,and the other arm operates in response to the advance movement of saidcontrol mechanism to permit the same to enter home position, said lastmentioned arm preventing said control mechanism from being retractedfrom home position.

18. In a pin wheel feed type manifolding register, a writing tablet, apin wheel feeding device and a support therefor adapted tointerchangeably receive any one of a plurality of pin wheel feedingdevices of different sizes to eject different form lengths perrevolution, thereby accommodating various sizes of manifold recordmaterial, the tablet and the support having a relative adjustmentwhereby the pins ofthe various pin feeding device may extend equidistantbeyond the tablet to engage the record material.

19. A manifolding register for use with continuous length superposedstrips of record material and form length transfer material, including acontainer for the supply. of record ma= terial, the top of which forms awriting tablet over which the strips are extended from the container,and mounting means adapted to extend intermediate the strips of recordmaterial for supporting the transfer material, said means including twoflaps one of which overlies the other, and to one of which the sheet oftransfer ma.- terial is engageable, the other flap extending intooverlapping relation with a portion of the engaged transfer sheet toafford a protecting mask.

20. A manifolding register for use with continous length superposedstrips of record material and form length transfer material, including acontainer for the record material, the top of which forms a writingtabletover which the 'strips are adapted to extend from the container,

and mounting means for the interleaved sheets of transfer materialincluding a ladder like structure overlying the writing tabletcomprising a series of transverse spaced bars interconnected with eachother, between the succeeding bars of which the different stripsextend,-and flexible transfer material carriers connected with thedifferent bars and extending therefrom in superimposed relationintermediate the several record strips, and in like direction.

21. In a writing machine for use with continuous length superposedstrips of record material and form length transfer material, a supportfor said transfer material, said support including parallel spaced barsadapted to extend across the record material, at least one of which hasa strip of transfer material connected thereto, a shield connected toone of said bars for shielding a portion of the record material, and ameans for detachably connecting said shield to said bar.

22. In a manifolding register for use with continuous length superposedstrips of record material and form length transfer material, in= eludinga writing tablet, strip feeding means for advancing the superposedrecord strips over the writing tablet, a stationary transfer materialsupport associated with the writing tablet including multiple spacedstationary bars extending transversely of the path of travel of thestrips and therebetween, and a guard sheet of flexible materialoarried'by one of the said sup port bars in superposed relation with asheet of transfer material also attachable to one of said support barsandextending between the strips in; the direction of travel thereof.

23. In a writing machine for use with record material having feed holes,a support for the writing material, a pin wheel feeding device the pinsof which extend beyond the surface of the support for advancing therecord material thereover, and a second support for adjustablysupporting the pin wheel feecllng device so as to present the pins inmaterial feeding relation with the surface of the first support.

24. In a writing machine for use with record material provided with feedholes, a pair of supports one of which is adjustable, one of saidsupports supporting the record material, a pin wheel feeding devicesupported by said other support and arranged to have the pins project'beyond said record material support to advance for use with marginallypunched record material, a magazine for supplying writing material,

a tablet, a pair of pin wheels for feeding the manifold material fromthe magazine to the tablet, said pin wheels engaging the leading ends ofthe record material in. writing position, and a I guide mounted upon thetablet, the width of the ,mounted upon the tablet, said, guide beingnarrower than the distance between the engaged margins of the recordmaterial whereby a narrow strip may be supplied to the guideintermediate said engaged margins.

27. In a manifolding register for use with con tinuous length strips ofrecord material, a magazine for the record material, a writing tablet, afeeding device including means for engaging opposite margins of therecord material, said means engaging the leading ends of the materialoverlying the tablet, and a longitudinal guide, narrower than thedistance between the engaged portions of the record material, said guideopening toward the leading ends of the record material whereby a stripnarrower than the distance between the engaged portions of the aoraiserecord material may be inserted from the leading ends of the recordmaterial into the guide.

28. In a portable pin wheel feeding type mamfolding register having aplurality of compartments, one for receiving the written material, onefor a supply of record material, and a third compartment, said registerincluding a tablet,

a pin wheel feeding device for supplying mani-- fold material from therecord material compartment to the tablet, the pin wheel feeding devicebeing mounted in said third compartment and a removably mounted guidesupported intermediate the tablet and the manifold material, said guidebeing arranged to receive record ma== terial advanced to the writingposition intermediate said pins and said pin wheel feeding device.

29. in a portable pin wheel feed type manifold-= ing register having aplurality of compartments one for receiving the written'material,another for a supply of record material and a third com= partment, oneside of one of said compartments forming a writing tablet, said registerincluding.

an adjustably mounted support mounted in said third compartment arrangedto interchangeably accommodate various sizes of pin wheel feedingdevices, the pins of the pin wheel feeding device extending beyond thesurface of the tablet to engage the record material.

30. A manifolding register wherein continuous record material isprogressively advanced from a supply compartment past a writing positionincluding a feeding device engageable therewith, mounting means fordifierentially supporting one at a time different feeding devices ofdifierent size in feeding relation with the record material, means foroperating thefeeding device to ad= vance the material a predeterminedmeasured distance, at each operation, said feeding, device being one ofa plurality of interchangeable feeding devices of difierent sizessuccessively engageable with the mounting for advancing the materialdifferent predetermined distances, to which I said operating means iscommon.

, 31. A manifolding register wherein continuous record material isprogressively advanced from a supply compartment past a writing positionincluding a feeding device engageable therewith actuating means foroperating the feeding device to advance the material a predeterminedmeas-= ured distance at each operation, said feeding device being one ofa plurality of interchangeable feeding deviceslfor advancing thematerial different predetermined distances, and mounting means fordifierentially supporting the interchangeable feeding devices one at atime in feeding relation with the record material.

32. In a manifolding register a holder having therein a magazinecompartment for a supply of record material, feeding means forintermittently advancing the record material from the megadirection overthe writing tablet into manifolding relation with the first mentionedrecord material.

33. A manifolding register wherein a. continuous strip of recordmaterial is advanced from a.

supply compartment past a writing position including a pin wheel feedingdevice mounted therein, mounting means therefor adapted to diiferentially support one at a time several interchange able pin wheel feedingdevices of difierent diameters for feeding different lengths of recordmaterial, and means for limiting the rotation of the pin wheel feedingdevice to a movement necessary to advance the record material apredetermined distance appropriate to the particular pin wheel devicebeing used.

34. A manifolding register wherein a continuous strip of record materialis advanced from a supply compartment past a writing position includinga pin wheel feeding device mounted therein which is one of severalinterchangeable pin wheel feeding devices of different diameters forfeeding different lengths of record material, and mounting' meanstherefor for diflerentially supporting one at a time the severalinterchangeable pin wheels of dififerent diameters in substantiallytangential relation with the path of advancement of the record material.

JOHN Q. SHERMAN. ALBERT W. METZNER.

